Summer 2016: Transfer rumours and suggestions

[Ozzjim]

I couldn't care less about a single one of them leaving, but we need to sign players and sharpish. We are likely to start with 8 of the jokers that got us relegated.

This is it.

Here we are, a few days from the start of the season, and we're looking at starting with dross of the type of Westwood, Bacuna, Cissokho, and our goalscoring options are Ayew, Gestede, Kozak and Fat Gabby.

I don't think there were many of us at the end of last season who'd have wanted to see that happen.

The forward options are really poor. We need 2 strikers and to let one of Gestede or Kozak go. Gabby I just think is a joke and RDM will marginalise him from the squad over time.

We should play Bennett over Cissokho, he offers nothing going forward and is not defensively good enough to justify keeping.

Westwood needs to go but then we need at least AN other holding midfielder.

We need to get bloody buying.

[Chris Jameson]

We should bid more than Newcastle and get in a bidding war for Diame.

[footyskillz]

Also Clark may have at times struggled against top quality strikers in the premier league -who wouldn't ! He's now down a league and he would be fine at championship level as there are few world class strikers hes up against . Also have to point out that he has played against many top top strikers and also international level his expereince is very useful and will be retained if seemed correct on what rdm said.  Newcastle see his worth and are trying to unsettle rivals really a bid should be put in for a few of there playwrs!  The nerve of them!

[footyskillz]

We should bid more than Newcastle and get in a bidding war for Diame.

Don't need to bid more just match release clause trust rdm and he can come to villa !

[Tony Erdington]

I couldn't care less about a single one of them leaving, but we need to sign players and sharpish. We are likely to start with 8 of the jokers that got us relegated.

This is it.

Here we are, a few days from the start of the season, and we're looking at starting with dross of the type of Westwood, Bacuna, Cissokho, and our goalscoring options are Ayew, Gestede, Kozak and Fat Gabby.

I don't think there were many of us at the end of last season who'd have wanted to see that happen.

The forward options are really poor. We need 2 strikers and to let one of Gestede or Kozak go. Gabby I just think is a joke and RDM will marginalise him from the squad over time.

We should play Bennett over Cissokho, he offers nothing going forward and is not defensively good enough to justify keeping.

Westwood needs to go but then we need at least AN other holding midfielder.

We need to get bloody buying.

100%

[Tony Erdington]

Also Clark may have at times struggled against top quality strikers in the premier league -who wouldn't ! He's now down a league and he would be fine at championship level as there are few world class strikers hes up against . Also have to point out that he has played against many top top strikers and also international level his expereince is very useful and will be retained if seemed correct on what rdm said.  Newcastle see his worth and are trying to unsettle rivals really a bid should be put in for a few of there playwrs!  The nerve of them!

Sorry skillz, i'll take the £5million, and don't give them a receipt

[Lastfootstamper]

I couldn't care less about a single one of them leaving, but we need to sign players and sharpish. We are likely to start with 8 of the jokers that got us relegated.

aye, but SGT had the same and we got back up.  The key is the right players being bought and intigrating into the existing players and i'm not sure we've had much of that yet

Difficult one. SGT wasn't hampered by a window, he could afford to make a not-so-good buy with the knowledge that if it didn't work out, he could buy again at any time. Ellis-permitting, obviously.

Although I do think Our Tone has similar "back first time" ambitions. There's a lot of work for the board, RDM, all the staff to do before September rolls around simply to make sure that what we've got then, new and existing, will get us to January still being thereabouts to where we need to be.

[Steve67]

We have such an average squad, other than a couple of players, it really doesn't matter who leaves us. IMO, Clark and Gueye at 12.2 mill is decent business. Sinclair will also go and I think that Lescott will be given a free after some negotiation.  Hugely disappointing that we are not seemingly ready for the campaign though and that the barcodes are stealing a march, even if they are buying Clark. Diame is a very good signing for them though, one I would have liked. A month to go but we need to get on with it. I agree with others that it is almost soul destroying seeing these wasters still at our club, not least seeing them actually starting games as a potential first choice.

[Ads]

Five million for Clanger Clark? Trololololololol

[David_Nab]

Clark a defender who made victor Anichabie look like an inform Benteke , he is almost 27 but still headless
chicken in general .
£5mil is ok money can we get someone in for similar amount though ..

[pauliewalnuts]

We should bid more than Newcastle and get in a bidding war for Diame.

We should bid more than Newcastle and get in a bidding war for Clark.

[Ivo Stas]

Just trying to understand... we are paying Newcastle £5m to take Clark, right..?

[olaftab]

Clark a defender who made victor Anichabie look like an inform Benteke , he is almost 27 but still headless
chicken in general .
£5mil is ok money can we get someone in for similar amount though ..

He is Steven Taylor mk2.

[kippaxvilla2]

This is the thing for me.  Newcastle have quietly put together a team perfectly capable of walking the championship all recognisable signings and all capable of mucking in at this level. 

We have bought in three signings.  One had played 13 times for Reading, one captained X Bournemouth but has hardly played for a season and one who has no experience of England.  Meanwhile as a lot feared we have the same old dross lurking round the club like a terrible stench.  I remember RDM saying he wanted his squad more or less in place by the first week of August.  Well if this is it then we really are bang in trouble this season.  Clark as some have said isn't that good but he's well down a list of ones I would sell first.  I accept we are powerless to stop someone's release clause being activated but a sign of our ambition will become clearer if he decide to bail now.

[Ivo Stas]

Of last year's rabble, I only want to keep Ayew, Grealish, Amavi and Traore. And I'm not even certain about Grealish and Traore. The quicker the rest go the better. £13m for Gana and Clark? Result.